MOSCOW, July 23 (Reuters) - Russia's Sakhalin-2 liquefiednatural gas (LNG) export plant, controlled by Gazprom,has completed one month of maintenance, a spokeswoman for itsoperator, Sakhalin Energy, said on Thursday.
She said production fell at the 10-million-tonnes-per-annumproject during the maintenance period, while shipments of LNGcontinued "according to plan".
Sakhalin Energy is a joint venture between Russian gasexport monopoly Gazprom, which owns a 50 percent share, Shell with 27.5 percent, and Japan Mitsui with 12.5percent as well as Mitsubishi Corp subsidiary DiamondGas which holds 10 percent.
The project exports LNG to countries across Asia with Japanas a prime destination. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, editing by Elizabeth Piper)